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  • Brazil registers 8,501 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-03 05:21:28 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:1 - ID:8655240

    BRASILIA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Brazil reported 8,501 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 179 deaths from COVID-19, National Post reported Tuesday. The South American country has now registered 5,554,000 cases ....

  • Several people injured in terror attack in Vienna

    Date: 2020-11-02 21:27:34 GMT - Austria - World - SN:66 - ID:8655186

    VIENNA, Nov 2 (MENA) - Several people including at least one police officer have been seriously injured in central Vienna in what Austria’s interior minister described as a terror attack. One attacker was arrested and another shot dead in the ....

  • Turkey quake's death toll reach 87

    Date: 2020-11-02 16:07:03 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:55 - ID:8654784

    ANKARA, Nov 2 (MENA) – The overall death toll in Friday's quake reached 87 on Monday after teams found more bodies amid toppled buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, NBC News reported. Close to 1,000 people were injured, mostly in ....

  • US military battles silent enemy of Covid within its ranks

    Date: 2020-11-02 14:40:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:8654414

    LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) – The US Army, the world’s best equipped military believes it can defeat any enemy, but is struggling against a new foe: the number of Covid-19 infections surpassed 50,000 in the US armed forces last month, the Financial Times ....

  • Trump threatens legal action over swing state vote

    Date: 2020-11-02 11:34:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:32 - ID:8654253

    LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump has threatened pre-emptive legal action against the US vote result, as polls showed the president lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden with just 48 hours until polls close, The Financial Times ....

  • Russia confirms 18,257 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-11-02 11:18:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:8653966

    MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) – Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 18,257 in the past day to reach a total of 1,655,038 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Monday. The average growth rate dropped to 1.1%, TASS reported. The ....

  • US reports more than 81,000 new cases

    Date: 2020-11-02 10:42:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:8654203

    WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) – There were 81,493 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the United States over the past 24 hours, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University. The latest daily tally is slightly higher than the day ....

  • Italy reports 29,907 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-02 10:27:48 GMT - Italy - World - SN:25 - ID:8653967

    ROME, Nov 2 (MENA) - The Italian Ministry of Health said on Sunday that 29,907 cases of coronavirus were discovered since yesterday, bringing the overall tally to 709,335, the TeleTrader reported. Meanwhile, the death toll climbed by 208 in the ....

  • WHO director goes into self-quarantine after contact with person exposed to COVID-19

    Date: 2020-11-02 08:38:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:8653961

    NEW YORK, Nov 2 (MENA) - The director of the World Health Organization tweeted Sunday he will go into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, ABC News reported. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he ....

  • Gunfire erupts at Kabul University as police surround campus

    Date: 2020-11-02 07:36:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8653900

    KABUL, Nov 2 (MENA) - Gunfire erupted at Kabul University in the Afghan capital early Monday and police have surrounded the sprawling campus, ABC News reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq ....

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